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Russian ships displayed at DNC tribute to vets
On the last night of the Democratic National Convention, a retired Navy four-star took the stage to pay tribute to veterans. Behind him, on a giant screen, the image of four hulking warships reinforced his patriotic message.
But there was a big mistake in the stirring backdrop: those are Russian warships.
While retired Adm. John Nathman, a former commander of Fleet Forces Command, honored vets as America’s best, the ships from the Russian Federation Navy were arrayed like sentinels on the big screen above.
These were the very Soviet-era combatants that Nathman and Cold Warriors like him had once squared off against.
“The ships are definitely Russian,” said noted naval author Norman Polmar after reviewing hi-resolution photos from the event. “There’s no question of that in my mind.”
Update
DNC apologizes for use of Russian ships
Naval experts concluded the background was a photo composite of Russian ships that were overflown by what appear to be U.S. trainer jets. It remains unclear how or why the Democratic Party used what’s believed to be images of the Russian Black Sea Fleet at their convention.
A spokesman for the Democratic National Convention Committee was not able to immediately comment Tuesday, saying he had to track down personnel to find out what had happened.
The veteran who spotted the error and notified Navy Times said he was immediately taken aback.
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Pearl Clutcher
September 12th, 2012
Par for the freaking course!!! Forgive me if that comment is a vieled racist term, as it could be a dog whistle to tiger which is a dog whistle to obama, yes?
Xavier
September 12th, 2012
DNC ’12: The gift that keeps on giving.
FreeMan & Sarah on Vacation
September 12th, 2012
Foreshadowing – Dog whistles are blowing all over the world.
Those are MIG’s too.
grayscape
September 12th, 2012
Progs only love anti-American military’s.
Anonymous
September 12th, 2012
The Dumbass Party
Stirrin the B.S.
September 12th, 2012
“…..Due to vendor error, incorrect images appeared briefly on screen behind fifty-one veterans during the convention and the DNCC apologizes for this mistake,” the statement said….”
So typical – “it’s not our fault and we apologize for someone else’s error”. In otherwords, it was Bush’s fault.
And THAT, my friends, is today’s democratic party.
FreeMan & Sarah on Vacation
September 12th, 2012
I guess we know where all the stimulus went now.
123321123321
September 12th, 2012
I think it has something to do with this…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ztdhBMafvs
grayscape
September 12th, 2012
Oh….and for you black folks who keep voting for the Klan party…. I don’t wanna hear your bitching when you’re picking cotton again.
FreeMan & Sarah on Vacation
September 12th, 2012
123321123321 – 10-4
Corona
September 12th, 2012
For those not paying attention to the Russian fleet, we show you the back of Obamas’ 10-foot ear on the left screen.
Toaster
September 12th, 2012
Naval experts concluded the background was a photo composite of Russian ships that were overflown by what appear to be U.S. trainer jets. It remains unclear how or why the Democratic Party used what’s believed to be images of the Russian Black Sea Fleet at their convention….
C’mon, what political party has virtually ALL of the old “college Commies”, Marxists, socialists, far-left crackpots except the ones who have explicitly renounced those philosophies such as David Horowitz. 0bama has never renounced the radical leftists that he deliberately hung out with in college, or his parents for that matter.
Republicans have RINOs and spineless figureheads but we don’t have any mad bombers.
The phrasing of this is pure politically correct crap plus a desire to stay employed for the folks working in or for DoD.
dude
September 12th, 2012
No Jerusalem, No God, and a tribute to Russian War ships – 0bama’s finest hour
cakes
September 12th, 2012
Has anyone ever said that one can judge the competence of an administration (or person) by the number of apologies they must give? If not, I just did.
Chieftain
September 12th, 2012
This is about as fucked up a a soup sandwich.
Just when you think these people cannot possibly be more tone deaf, incompetent, immature, or just plain frickin’ clueless they pull a stunt like this.
the aardvark
September 12th, 2012
This sure as Hell ain’t the real American Navy. I thought that I served in the US Navy 40 yrs. ago, musta been a bad drug induced dream. Can’t these BASTARDS at the DNC get anything right or do all Navies look the same to them. I bet they never saw how big pieces of shit the Russian MIG’S were compared to our F-14′s etc.
Bob M.
September 12th, 2012
The DNC’s all-star tribute to…
… Comrade Putin!
d’oh…
GW Bear
September 12th, 2012
That was no mistake. Just another slam against the military by the libtards.
hanoverfist
September 12th, 2012
OT
GW Bear reminds me:
WTF are Ralph,Stymie and the Baby Sitter?
simply enraged
September 12th, 2012
One, two or all of the following:
1) Another indication of how completely clueless the obama people and the rest of the (d)s are about the military;
2) A deliberate insult to the US military; and,
3) A possible indication of what that “… more flexibility after the election” comment meant.
Given today’s apologies to the musloids by the occupant’s administration, I’m guessing all three.
Major Mal function
September 12th, 2012
Why not? Obama’s daddy, Frank Marshall Davis, used to count the ships in Pearl Harbor for the Soviets.
Major Mal function
September 12th, 2012
Those are MIG’s too.
MiG 28s?
Major Mal function
September 12th, 2012
On a more serious note, I wouldn’t surprised if those aircraft turn out to be Iranian F-5s.
Chuck U Farley
September 12th, 2012
Kinda like Queen Vitoria celebrating England’s military might by putting up posters of Napoleon.
Chuck U Farley
September 12th, 2012
…Victoria
Dunk This !
September 12th, 2012
This Administration is like my diaper…it stinks and has to be changed…NOW!
Unruly Refugee
September 12th, 2012
Flexibility.
GregMan
September 13th, 2012
Why shouldn’t a bunch of communists celebrate the navy of the Great Socialist Fatherland? They’d probably boo the U.S. Navy, like they booed G-d.
muddjuice (Absolutist)
September 13th, 2012
I have a very hard time believing this was on accident. The only thing they feel they did wrong was getting caught…..
Stache
September 13th, 2012
The Democratic party – as american as Apple Borscht.
Major Mal function
September 13th, 2012
Iranian F-5s.
Close. Islamist run Turkey.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/09/navy-dnc-update-apology-russian-ships-democratic-convention-091212
One former Air Force pilot told Navy Times in an email that the wing configuration and distinctive formation made it likely that these planes were the Turkish Stars, an aerial demonstration team of the Turkish Air Force. An image he sent appeared to show planes in a very similar formation, however there are slight differences, such as eight planes versus seven in the DNCC image, which could have been edited out.
FreeMan & Sarah on Vacation
September 13th, 2012
No I was wrong, these are single engine. Irans F5 is a close fit.